AN EXCITING NEW CHAPTER

In her teens, Ploughgate founder Marisa Mauro was somewhat of a regular at the local Italian deli in her hometown of Manchester, VT. During her visits for focaccia sandwiches and their freshly made mozzarella, she became friendly with owner Al Scheps and his son Mike, who came from an Italian cheesemaking family. That friendship was one of the inspirations behind her desire to build a life in dairy. She spent much of her teens and early 20s working on dairy farms that produced cheese until founding Ploughgate Creamery at 23 years old. First producing award-winning cheeses and then evolving into cultured butter in 2012.